IQ and Human Intelligence

Second Edition

Nicholas Mackintosh

An elegantly written introduction to the field of intelligence, demonstrating rare objectivity and lack of bias.

This new edition provides comprehensive coverage of all kinds of intelligence, including IQ, social, and emotional intelligence, placing the title just outside the mainstream of the psychometric tradition.

An Online Resource Centre includes figures for lecturers to download and a hyperlinked bibliography for students.

New chapter on multiple aspects of intelligence, including social and emotional intelligences

More learning features, including the addition of key points boxes, to broaden the appeal to mid-level undergraduates

Inclusion of more illustrative content

A more intuitive ordering of chapters, following reviewer feedback

IQ and Human Intelligence

Second Edition

Nicholas Mackintosh

Description

The question 'What is intelligence?' may seem simple to answer, but the study and measurement of human intelligence is one of the most controversial subjects in psychology. For much of its history, the focus has been on differences between people, on what it means for one person to be more intelligent than another, and how such differences might have arisen, obscuring efforts to understand the general nature of intelligence. These are obviously fundamental questions, still widely debated and misunderstood. New definitions of intelligence and new factors affecting intelligence are frequently being described, while psychometric testing is applied in most large industries.

IQ and Human Intelligence provides a clear, authoritative overview of the main issues surrounding this fascinating area, including the development of IQ tests, the heritability of intelligence, theories of intelligence, environmental effects on IQ, factor analysis, relationship of cognitive psychology to measuring IQ, and intelligence in the social context. The clear, accessible style and numerous explanatory boxes make this the ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology.

Online Resource CentreThe Online Resource Centre to accompany IQ and Human Intelligence features the following resources:

For registered adopters of the text:- Figures from the book, available to download

For students:- Hyperlinks to primary literature articles cited in the and 'Further Reading' sections of the book

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IQ and Human Intelligence

Second Edition

Nicholas Mackintosh

Table of Contents

1. The early development and uses of IQ tests2. Psychometric theories of intelligence3. The search for cognitive processes underlying components of IQ: Gs or speed and efficiency of information processing4. Verbal, spatial and fluid abilities: Gc, Gv and Gf5. Associative learning, working memory and executive control6. Intelligence and the brain7. Theories of g8. The stability of IQ and the rise and fall of intelligence9. The predictive validity of IQ - and its limits10. Is this all? Multiple aspects of intelligence11. Heritability: Kinship studies and single genes12. The environment: secular changes and social class13. Group differences14. Sex differences15. Epilogue

IQ and Human Intelligence

Second Edition

Nicholas Mackintosh

Author Information

Nicholas Mackintosh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge University, having been Head of the Department from 1981 to 2002, and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1987 and has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Pennsylvania, California (at Berkeley), Hawaii, New South Wales, Bryn Mawr College, Universite de Paris (Sud), and Yale University. He has authored several books, including The Psychology of Animal Learning, Conditioning and Associative Learning , and Cyril Burt: Fraud or Framed.